California Extreme 2006: Classic Arcade Games Show

Retro arcade games, pinball machines and other novelties are celebrated annually at the California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show in San Jose, CA. Hundreds of classic coin-op arcades will be on display, including Pac-Man, Asteroids, Robotron and Star Wars. PodTech.net brings you speeches, panel discussions and inteviews with classic video arcade developers, artists and gamers from the show.

Classic Arcade Games Recognized at California Extreme 2006 Bob Ellingson, a California Extreme staff member and exhibitor, tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the Arcade Classic Game show, it’s history and where he thinks retro gaming is headed in the future. For more information see: www.caextreme.org See photos on...

California Extreme: The Making of Robotron Eugene Jarvis, part of the “Vid Kidz” team responsible for some of the most popular video arcade games of all time, talked about the making of Robotron. Jarvis reveals how the concept of the game came about, how the Robotron...

California Extreme 2006: The History of Atari Legends of the videogame industry share their thoughts on working for Atari during the early years. Al Alcorn, Eugene Jarvis, Steve Ritchie, Ed Rotberg and Dave Sheppard discuss the stories behind the creation of some of the classic Atari coin-op...

California Extreme: Steve Jobs: From Atari to Apple Steve Jobs, former Atari employee? Atari co-founder Al Alcorn tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about Jobs’ role with Atari, his involvement in some of the historic meetings with the Apple CEO and how the video game manufacturer rejected Jobs’ concept of...

Dynamic Ads in Video Games Advertisers are using the Internet to place up-to-date ads in video games. “Dynamic Advertising” is designed to implement fresh, new ads in games. Justin Townsend, CEO of in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about dynamic ads...

CTIA Wireless 2006: Mobile Gaming and Hip-Hop Video game developer Hudson, well known for its Bomberman series, showed off some of its new games at CTIA Wireless 2006 in Los Angeles. John Greiner is president of Hudson. He spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the rapid growth...